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A-Bomb Survivors Speak Out Against DU

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki slammed U.S. use of depleted uranium bombs in Iraq and issued an appeal urging U.S. President George Bush to visit Hiroshima and understand their feelings. A total of 400 A-bomb victims, including those based in South Korea and Brazil, took part in the event in Hiroshima City on July 5th.

A group of Japanese peace activists has also been to Iraq to investigate possible radioactive hazards from DU weapons used by the U.S. military during the Iraq war. Group member Yuko Fujita, an assistant professor at Keio University said: "I doubt that Iraq is fabricating data because in fact there are many children suffering from leukemia in hospitals." Fujita said. "As a result of the Iraq war, the situation will be desperate in some five to 10 years."

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